Hi Paul, We are still in Le Marin. Went to the shop upstairs above Caraibe Marine and bought a new fridge door opening latch. The big French man in the shop was nice and recommended the all stainless

@Denis Correct, some knowledge is always useful. But where to start? Some people knows which way to turn a valve to close or to open, but other ones not. There are several DIY guides available asking

Hello, Once I had to have a refill by a professional frigorist we did both the fridges and the AC. i looked at what he was doing all the time, he was very meticulous and took his time which he told me

I have had the same problem after a long hot weather period. My fridge has 2 compartments, one for freeze goods (-18 °C) and one normal goods (0-5 °C) but one compressor for both. The normal cooling

Paul. We concerns of a plastic manifold... Or a plastic sea chest with a fire! Wow. There are critical concerns with every boat for sure. Or a crack in the Seachest lid! We have replacements. The

Yes, that’s exactly what happened to me in Le Marin and I fell for it ☹ Cheers, Paul S/Y Ya Fohi - Amel 54 #98 - Grenada

You need to be very careful when cleaning your fridge. If you get the ice off the plate with something that could puncture the gas lines within the plate, this is not being very careful. One of my

Hello, It is to be prefered to fix the backstays like David shows on his picture at the cleat or just at the same piont like the gib. As we already got a backstay we are staticaly better up when the

Last paragraph Porter’s Email: attached is the part. April/May 2018 it broke off completely on AMELIT; this is the replacement part I got from AMEL. I noticed the new unit “sweating” &

Hi, I have requests for the exhaust sensors from the following people : Mark Pitt 1 piece Mohammad Shirloo 3 pieces Jim Anderson 1

Sorry Nick, I understood your question wrong. I thought you want to do it without the outhaul motor - so by hand. Best regards Stefan A 54 #119 Lady Charlyette, Aruba

In an engine room fire the plastic manifold would probably hold up as well as the two large diameter plastic pipes draining the cockpit that have no seacocks. Maybe better as the manifold is full of

This makes me wonder how plastic in such a critical place would hold up to an engine room fire? Cheers, Paul S/Y Ya Fohi - Amel 54 #98 - Grenada

Yes, we have recharged the system and all works good. If that happens again we will take it out and will be checked in the service shop. Regarding thermostat as all have been working, compressor and

If the compressor runs and it doesn't cool it's unlikely to be the thermostat. You may have a leak and have lost your refrigerant. Finding a pin hole in the system is very difficult (ask me how I

This is indeed a serious issue. We had the initial bronze manifold on IBIS. Looked horrible and so when we ordered our arch from Turkey had a stainless replacement manifold constructed. About 2 years

Joel would never say something so untrue. A new insert might make the boat sell quicker and for a bit more money, but not 15%. Craig, I have told you a billion times not to exaggerate... JOEL F.

Coincidentally, SAIL Magazine just posted an article on this exact subject with Tom Cunliffe's solution that I've copied below: When I bought my boat it had 18 through-hull fittings. To reduce the

Just to add minor notes to Pat McAneny's post, this new insert perfectly matches my old SN insert (identical to the SM insert) and absolutely looks far better in off-white. Being made of EPDM it will

Just an update. The original manifold on my A54 was actually copper and not bronze as I had originally thought. That explains the corrosion, since copper is lower on the galvanic scale than bronze,